Containers for the package of eggs and other fragile articles



Dec. 20, 1960 R. s. LANGFORD CONTAINERS FOR THE PACKAGE OF EGGS AND OTHER FRAGILE ARTICLES Filed July 5, 1957 l I .ll:

l/VVE'NTOR qv-roezvrf United States Patent CONTAINERS FOR THE PACKAGE OF EGGS AND OTHER FRAGILE ARTICLES Ronald Stanley Langford, Windmill Hill, Beoley, England Filed July 3, 1957, Ser. No. 669,730

3 Claims. (Cl. 229-14) The present invention has relation to containers for the package of eggs and other fragile articles such as scientific instruments, glass bodies and the like and relates to a container incorporating socket sections resiliently mounted upon locating frames of open rectangular formation by virtue of rubber bands carried by said frames, which are secured to the bases of the socket sections. The socket sections resiliently support an inner container for the articles.

The present invention has for its object the improved resilient mounting of the socket sections in relation to their frames by means of the rubber bands giving increased efficiency and stability, reducing time in manufacture, and generally lengthening the life of the box.

According to the present invention there is provided a container for fragile articles wherein the locating frame for the sockets is peripherally strengthened by a wire rod and the rubber bands attached to the socket are tautened by having their outer extremities engaged with flap-like sections of the frame which are subsequently turned over the rod and secured to the wall of the frame as for instance by wire stitching or riveting. The inner extremity of the rubber band in each instance is passed through slots in the base and false base in the socket and then turned over and wire stitched or riveted. Four separate rubber bands are employed for the floating location of the socket in the wire strengthened locating frame.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into practice reference may be had to the appended explanatory drawings in which:

Figure 1 illustrates in elevation a locating frame.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional elevation on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the locating frame shown in Figure 1 arranged in a container box.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating the tautening attachment of the rubber band and Figure 5 illustrates the attachment of the rubber band to the socket.

In a convenient embodiment of the present invention there is provided a rectangular frame a which is located at the extremity of the box or container b (Figure 3) and this frame a supports the socket c in resilient manner by virtue of four elastic bands or strips of rubber d arranged in cross form, the present invention being more particularly directed to a method of mounting the socket c upon the frame, that is to say, the attachment of the rubber strips d to the socket c and to the frame a. The two sockets c are engaged by a container 2 which may hold the fragile articles in resilient suspension.

In this invention, the socket c is of open box-like form involving side flaps c folded over and stitched or riveted to end parts 0 c (Figure 5) is a false base and c are slots extending through both bases, the inner extremities of the rubber bands d being turned over and riveted at 21 to the bases. Four such rubber bands d are involved and it is essential that these should be taut upon the rectangular frame a, and, accordingly in this invention, the top part of the cardboard rectangular frame is pro- 2,965,275 Patented Dec. 20, 1960 vided with a peripheral strengthening wire 1 (Figure 4) and a strip g is provided along each edge of the frame and the outer extremity d of the rubber band is passed around this strip g and stitched or riveted to its underside at 22 and the strips g are engaged beneath flaps a so that, in each instance, as the flaps a a are turned downwardly and stitched or riveted at 23 to the sides of the frame together with the strips g, the rubber bands d are tautened to effectively locate the socket in such a manner that it will lend resilient or floating support to any box or container the extremity of which is engaged therewith.

I claim:

1. A container for the packaging of fragile articles comprising a container box, and article carrying socket sections having sides and bases, a locating frame for each of said socket sections having axially extending walls, a wire rod extending peripherally around an edge of the walls of each of said frames, flap-like sections on each side of each of said frames adjacent to said rods turned over each respective rod, resilient means for mounting said socket sections on said frames including rubber bands secured to each of said socket section bases with adjacent bands extending substantialy to each other and alternate bands extending in opposite directions, means for tautly drawing said bands including a strap on each side of each of said sections with means securing each band to a strap, said straps being turned to positions wherein said rubber bands are drawn taut over the adjacent frame side edge and rod in engagement with said flap-like frame sections, and means for securing said flap-like frame sections and said straps to said walls of said frames.

2. A container for the packaging of fragile articles comprising a container box, and article carrying socket sections having sides and bases, a locating frame for each of said socket sections having axially extending walls with a substantially rigid peripheral edge configuration, flap-like sections on each side of each of said frames adjacent to said rigid edges turned over each respective edge, resilient means for mounting said socket sections on said frames including resilient bands secured to each of said socket section bases extending in opposite directions therefrom, means for tautly drawing said bands including a strap on each side of each of said socket sections with means securing each band to a strap, said straps being turned to positions wherein said rubber bands are drawn taut over the adjacent rigid frame edge in engagement with said flap like frame sections, and means for securing said flap-like frame sections and said straps to said walls of said frames.

3. A container for the packaging of fragile articles comprising in combination a container box and two article carrying socket sections having sides and bases, outer frames therefor each having a substantially rigid peripheral edge configuration, elastic bands attached to said bases of said socket sections and extending in opposite directions therefrom, a strap on each side of each of said socket sections with means securing each respective end of each band to a separate strap, said straps being turned to positions wherein said rubber bands are drawn taut, and means for securing said straps to said outer frames for securing said rubber bands drawn taut over adjacent frame edges.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,192,686 Hummel Mar. 5, 1940 2,553,418 Loth May 15, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS 475,299 Great Britain Nov. 17, 1937 492,508 Great Britain Sept. 21, 1938 730,741 Great Britain May 15, 1955 

